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John A. Black is a Partner with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP based in Toronto and is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Investment Funds and Asset Management practice. He has more than two decades of business law experience with a practice focused on investment management and securities regulatory and compliance matters.
John has played a key role in many complex merger and acquisition transactions in the financial services industry. He is a trusted advisor to investment managers, pension funds and other institutional investors on strategic matters relating to ETFs, hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity funds and managed account arrangements.
John has acted on a significant number of ETF launches and has also advised a number of large Canadian government and corporate sponsored pension funds on their strategic investments in offshore hedge funds, private equity funds and managed account platforms. He has significant experience advising portfolio managers, dealers and fund managers on their compliance obligations under Canada’s registration rules, and provides tailored strategic advice to U.S. and global investment management firms with respect to their Canadian operations and business activities.
Career
University of Western Ontario, LL.B.
University of Western Ontario, B.A.
Bar Admission: Ontario, 1994
Professional Memberships
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Ontario
Investment Funds Institute of Canada
Portfolio Management Association of Canada
Chambers Review
Canada
John Black is a Toronto-based lawyer with deep experience in fund launches and regulatory matters, in addition to M&A mandates and securities issuances.
John Black is a Toronto-based lawyer with deep experience in fund launches and regulatory matters, in addition to M&A mandates and securities issuances.
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Provided by Chambers
"John's reputation is outstanding. He has seen a lot of funds so he can really advise on what should be done in a business sense."
"His reputation speaks for itself; he just knows all there is to know about asset management."
"John's reputation is outstanding. He has seen a lot of funds so he can really advise on what should be done in a business sense."
"His reputation speaks for itself; he just knows all there is to know about asset management."
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